Om prosjektet

The design of Delugan Meissl Associated Architects for the Austrian Pavilion at the Architecture Biennale in Venice reacts to the architecture of the pavilion and the spatial sculpture with a three-part ensemble of table-like elements. The first element is a concrete platform that stretches along the front of the pavilion and acts as in invitation to the visitors to make use of it.
Bollinger + Grohmann provided expert advice on the implementation of the design and supported its realisation as a sponsor.

konstruksjon

The platform for the Biennale pavilion was calculated as a beam on two supports with a total length of 18m. The beam cantilevers at each end three and five meters. In the design of the supports, it had to be taken into account that the delivery to the building site needed to be without hoists. The main support members are five parallel arranged HEB 240 steel beams on which a 7.5cm thick concrete slab with 7.5cm is superimposed. This was regarded as non-supporting and manufactured locally.

Ytterligere lenker

Winning competition - Arena Porte de la Chapelle

We are happy to announce that we won the competition of "Arena" for the Olympics and Paralympics 2024 in Paris together with Ville de Paris and Bouygues Bâtiment Île-de-France and the architect offices SCAU and NP2F.

The 8000-seat venue and the two superimposed timber gymnasiums will host the Badminton and Taekwondo competitions. Afterwards, Basketball games and music shows will be hosted in the arena.

Bollinger+Grohmann supported the team with structural and façade engineering.

"Bleiben und Begegnen unter einem Dach"

As Deutsche Bauzeitschrift magazine partner, Agnes Weilandt comments on spectacular structures, digital planning processes and the limits of feasibility in the current issue about roof structures and in the DBZ podcast.
There is also a report on the roof construction of the Frans Masreel Centre in Kasterlee, Belgium. B+G was responsible for the structural engineering.

Competitionline Ranking 2019/2020

The competitionline-Ranking is the only architects' ranking in the German-speaking world that is based exclusively on competition results. Once a year, the competitionline editorial team evaluates all the competition results published on competitionline.com and creates the ranking of the most successful offices from them. We are very pleased about the good rankings of our office in the following categories:

2nd place in the category STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
10th place in the category CIVIL ENGINEERS
9th place in the category ENERGY PLANNERS
11th place in the category BUILDING PHYSICS

We are very happy to announce that we won the design competition for the construction of the project Didier Vaillant sports complex with architects bureau faceB and Ylé Architectes.
The sports equipment project engages in current problems by structural optimization to reduce useful material with timber lattice beams, the choice of local materials and low carbon emissions.
Bollinger+Grohmann supported the team with a structural engineering consultancy.

We are very happy to announce that we won the design competition together with the architects Lemoal Lemoal for the construction of a gymnasium and a multi-purpose hall, held by the city of the Presles-en-Brie. This project proposes material optimization, the choice of local materials and low carbon emissions with the use of timber lattice beams. Bollinger+Grohmann supported the team with structural and façade engineering consultancy.

Image credit: Jeudi Wang

12. februar 2020

Pre-opening of the Deichman Library in Oslo

We are very happy about the completion of the new Deichman library in the old harbour area of Oslo. On the occasion of a pre-opening, the building was opened to the first guests.

B+G was responsible for the structural and façade design of this exciting project.

Article by Stefan Polóny: DBZ 02/2020

WON: Competition for the new office tower in Düsseldorf at Kennedydamm 55

Congratulations to kadawittfeldarchitektur, who has won the competition for the new office tower in Düsseldorf at Kennedydamm 55.
The twisted tower will contain approx. 26000m² and reach a height of 120m.
The client is AENGEVELT Immobilien from Düsseldorf. We supported the team with structural and façade engineering consultancy.

3 x CTBUH Award of Excellence Winner 2020

The Omniturm was the only European high-rise building to receive the Award of Excellence in the category "Best Tall Building 100 - 199 meters", alongside five other high-rise buildings from Asia, Australia and North America.

The Leeza SOHO Tower was also awarded in the category "Best Tall Building 200-299 meters".

The LAKTHA CENTER is listed in the category "Best Tall Building 400 meters and above".

We are delighted to have been part of the planning of these extraordinary buildings and congratulate all those who were involved in its construction.

Winning competition project - Footbridge "Tor-que"

We are very happy to announce that the project “Tor-que” is the winner of the competition held by the city of Reutlingen, Germany. The project consists of replacing the old footbridge by a new arched footbridge in the centre city spanning 40m.

Topping out ceremony of the fire and rescue station, Igstadt, Germany

On November 22nd, the topping-out ceremony of the new fire station III in Wiesbaden took place. The reinforced concrete shell located in the outskirts of Igstadt was erected in approx. 8 months.
Bollinger + Grohmann Ingenieure are responsible for structural engineering.

Winning Competition - "Lot Petit", Paris, France

We are very happy to announce that we have won "lot Petit" on the former site of the Saint-Vincent de Paul hospital in the heart of Paris together with architects Kuehn Malvezzi, Nicolas Dorval-Bory and Plan Comun.

The project consists in 13 500m² of housing, 10 floors in wooden structure and a massive stone façade Passivhause level building, part of the "triple zero" approach, zero carbon, zero emissions, zero waste. It is a pilot project for the Paris City Hall.

B+G supported the team with structural and façade engineering consultancy.

Award for the secondary school in Berlin Mahlsdorf

The Integrated Secondary School is one of the winners of the 2019 Berlin Timber Construction Award in the "New Construction" category.
The initiators of this award want to support the increasing number of constructive timber buildings in Berlin concerning ecological and sustainable buildings and promote innovative construction methods.

We are delighted to be awarded the prestigious steel construction prize of the Belgian steel construction association "Infosteel" for the university library in Esch-Belval. This year, the conversion of the Möllerhalle, a listed building, into a library with a museum character was awarded both the Jury Prize and the Audience Prize.

The October issue of the "Deutsche Bauzeitschrift" (DBZ) focuses on structural engineering. Buildings were deliberately selected for this purpose that see the supporting structure as a central design element and thus make it a very special architectural statement.

Return of the Frankfurt Pavilion

The temporary structure was realized in collaboration with schneider + schumacher architekten. The iconic building was constructed for the first time on the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2018 and is also this year's venue for events with authors and industry experts from all over the world.
The space-defining construction was generated and optimized using genetic algorithms taking into account architectural and structural criteria.

Torroja Medal for Manfred Grohmann

Opening: University of Graz Library

The University of Graz celebrated the opening after the extension and renovation of the campus library. A new reading hall cantilevers 20m above the original 1890s building.
Bollinger + Grohmann was responsible for structural engineering.

The temporary kindergarten designed by Djuric Tardio Architectes in Jardin du Luxembourg has just been completed. Located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, this modular timber structure is fully demountable and reconfigurable.
B+G Paris was in charge of the structural design.

How to become an apprentice in 10 minutes - 10 minutes to find an apprenticeship

This year, Bollinger + Grohmann takes part for the first time in the Apprentice-Speed-Dating at the IHK in Frankfurt. The event offers people who are searching for an apprenticeship and companies the opportunity to find suitable apprentice positions or suitable applicants in 10 minutes.

By synthesizing artistic, theoretical and technological perspectives and positions, the Design Modelling Symposium will provide a platform for key research questions about the role of the digital age in relation to art, architecture and design, and the impact on the future of society, environment and innovation.

Stadtlabor Friederike

The experimental structure FRIEDERIKE is presented as of the City of Vienna's cultural initiative to showcase art in an public space. Performances, concerts, film showings will be held under the temporary structure which runs from 14.09.2019 until 6.10.2019 in the 14th district of Vienna. Bollinger + Grohmann gave expert advice on the structural design.

Omniturm. Work Life United

At the 14th Jung architecture talks, Manfred Grohmann (B+G), Kai-Uwe Bermann (BIG) and Florian Reiff (Tishman Speyer) used the example of the Omniturm project to discuss what the combination of working and living means for architecture and interdisciplinary planning.

The event was held in the crowded Frankfurt Jugend- und Kulturkirche Sankt Peter in Frankfurt.

Opening: Bauhaus Museum Dessau

The opening of the Museum in Dessau is one of the highlights of the annyversary year of Bauhaus. For the first time the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation’s unique collection will be comprehensively displayed.
Bollinger + Grohmann was in charge of the structural and façade engineering, the fire protection planning as well as for the building physics.

Opening of the new school and gymnasium in Berlin Mahlsdorf

The new school for 550 pupils was completed on time at the beginning of the new school year, along with the gymnasium. The school is the first of three model projects that the Berlin Senate has commissioned to be built as a modular timber construction. The design for all three schools is by the architects NKBAK from Frankfurt, who worked in a joint-venture together with Bollinger + Grohmann, Ecotec (MEP) and Franz Reschke Landschaftsarchitektur.

Research project RegoLight at “ZERO GRAVITY” exhibition

The exhibition “ZERO GRAVITY” revolves around concepts and ideas that defined and changed arts and science from the moment humankind stepped on the moon. Selected material from research project RegoLight, which Bollinger + Grohmann was part of between 2015 and 2017, will be a part of media artist Peter Kogler spatial installation at ERES-Stiftung in Munich.

Tag der Architektur 2019

"Räume prägen" - this is the motto of this year's nationwide Architecture Day. Of a total of 76 selected examples in Hesse, three structures are also open to the public, and B+G was involved in their realisation with structural and/or façade engineering:

Installation of the timber construction modules

After the Marie Curie School, the August Gräser School in Frankfurt is currently being extended by a modular timber construction. The installation and assembly of the 12 modules only takes two days. The new premises should be ready for occupancy by August. B+G was responsible for the structural design as well as for the building physics.

19 June 2019

1st prize with Nieto Sobejano Architectos

We are happy about one of two 1st prizes within the competition of the new event hall and hotel with underground parking in the Kaiserpfalzquartier in Goslar. B+G gave technical advice. Auer Weber won a further 1st prize.

We are very happy to announce that our project “Gradient” is the winner of the international engineering, architectural, landscaping and integrated art competition held by the City of Nyon related to the development of Greater Geneva.

First prize for "Bildungscampus " in Pforzheim

Bruno Fioretti Marquez (BFM) won the competition for the "Bildungscampus" Pforzheim.
B+G supported the architects with the development of a 4- and 3-floor timber construction for two school buildings, a canteen and sports hall and the concept for the further development of three existing buildings.

22 May 2019

C40 Reinventing Cities: Winning project 'The Urban Village'

Teaming up within "The Urban Village Team" with LPO Architects / SLA, Bollinger + Grohmann won within the C40 Reinventing Cities competition. The site is located in the northeast of Oslo and aims to drive carbon neutral and resilient urban regeneration focusing on social, environmental and economic sustainability. Bollinger + Grohmann is involved as an environmental expert and for the structural design.

"Miljøvennlig materialbruk"

Winner MKNO: C40 - Reinventing Cities

Together with Coldefy & Associates, Triptyque Architecture, SO-IL and as part of the team MKNO, Bollinger + Grohmann have been selected winners of the International Competition MBK in Bobigny - within the C40 Reinventing Cities to drive carbon neutral and resilient urban regeneration.

Bollinger + Grohmann is responsible for structural and façade engineering.

Topping out ceremony of the K1 in Jena

The future residential and commercial building with around 5,870 m² of residential and commercial space will be Jena's first high-rise since German reunification.
Bollinger + Grohmann was in charge of the structural engineering.

Topping out ceremony at the Barmbeker Bahnhof

The topping out ceremony of the new hotel and office building "Fuhle 101" in Hamburg Barmbek was celebrated at the end of March.
Architects: Bieling Architekten
Client: Development Partner AG und BL Gruppe
Structural Engineering: B+G

Bollinger + Grohmann jetzt auch auf Instagram

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Deutscher Ingenieurbaupreis 2018

Competition "Hafenpark Quartier Frankfurt": 1st prize

First prize for the hotel design at "Molenspitze" in Frankfurt for Barkow Leibinger. Bollinger + Grohmann gave expert advice in structural engineering.
From 01/03/ to 14/03/2019, the nine submitted designs will be exhibited in the atrium of the Stadtplanungsamt at Kurt-Schumacher-Straße 10 in Frankfurt.

Frankfurt Pavilion wins the IDA Award

in the architectural category "Exhibits, Pavilions and Exhibitions". The new landmark of the Frankfurt Book Fair was designed as a temporary building and was opened in September 2018 for the first time.
Bollinger + Grohmann gave expert advice to the schneider+schumacher architects during the whole process and was in charge of the structural engineering.

And another topping-out ceremony: Extension Hager building D

The electrical engineering group Hager expands its headquarters in Blieskastel by an office building for another 100 workplaces.
The planning company schneider + schumacher is responsible for the architecture and site supervision. Bollinger + Grohmann had already completed two buildings at this site together with them.

JKU Campus - TNF Tower

The 18 metres tall steel grid construction of the new terrace at Johannes Kepler University in Linz is located on the TNF tower which is the tallest building on campus. The construction is planned to be completed in March 2019 which makes it the first of many new places for university visitors to discover!

11 February 2019

Tower of Power: Transport Design of the Year 2018

The public charging station by Göbl Architektur in Vienna is awarded Dezeen’s Transport Design of the Year 2018. A photovoltaic panel roof and a built-in wind turbine supply the station with necessary electricity to charge four electric cars and four electric bikes at a time.
Bollinger + Grohmann was responsible for the structural engineering.

9 February 2019

Franz Masereel Center: Opening

The opening of the extension of the Franz Masereel Center, in Kasterlee, Belgium took place on Thursday, 9 February 2019. The project has been designed by LIST and Hideyuki Nakayama Architects. B+G Paris & Brussels were already part of the competition team and afterwards responsible for the structural engineering.

Ido Avissar of LIST will give a lecture about the construction at the Pavillon de l’Arsenal in Paris, next Thursday, February 21th at 7pm.